I just got this thing. version 2004.

I have no joystick, is it worth buying one? Also, since I havce never flown aplane, I'm wondering how realistic it is? Any cool things I should try out?

 

I havce never flown aplane either....Also, welcome to 2004......

I played it once or twice when I got a free copy from a vendor show...Strangely enough it was the version where you can fly a 747 into the WTC...which I did. Other then making the planes crash into things, it's real boring IMO....But if you get into it, you probably want a flight joystick (although it seemed that every key on the keyboard did something)...

 

Its the landings that seem interesting/enjoyable.

 

wow. this game must really suck ass

 

crickets...

 

Whiskers posting in this thread was the kiss of death

 

It's fun, but like. It isn't a game.

It's a sim, so if flying from l.a to ny and making all your own arangements and pushing all the little buttons in the cockpit yourself sounds like great fun, it's for you. If you like wonderful spectacular flames and crashes it isn't.

 

Why the fuck did you buy this?

 

Well I didnt buy it. But I thought it would be interesting to learn how to fly a plane.

 

The 1st post was the kiss of death

 

It's pretty realistic, get a force feedback joystick you really get into it. People use it to practice cerification for instrumentation.

But ya, it's not a game... it's a simulator.

 

I'm off on a flight from Toronto to Buffalo. So long suckers....

 

Get a forcefeed back joystick. I've flown co-pilot on Cessnas, Kingairs and a helicopter and the MS Flight Sim is about as good as they get short of going to a military or airline simulator.

 

lol, doesnt seem like much fun...

i have a copy of this but never bothered to install it

 

I hear its not popular with the beetlejuice fans

 

The thing about flight sims is that you really need a set of pedals for rudder control.

 

You are not flying the plane are you??? Because, just looking at the Flight Sim box doesn't make you a qualified pilot....

 

Silly bloke, the certificate is on the inside of the box, not the outside.

 

I did a couple of the flying lessons and can handle the Cesna OK. Honestly taking off and flying around is easy. Its the landing thats hard.

 

That seems important....

 

i never had enough patience to fly the cessna for any time longer than say, about 10 seconds or so. :P I would always take the jets out, and also there was one aircraft design pack back in the day that had a custom plane editor - you could create your own aircraft - even alter body structure, wings, everything. As well as thrust yeah I had fun with that program.

For fun I would use the slew feature to get around very quickly, looking back it reminds me very much of Google Earth.

One thing I love to do is take a helicopter tour of Vegas. Land on buildings, etc. very challenging.

 

If it does not involve blowing planes out of the air, im not interested......

There is a flight game called Falcon 4.0. You fly a F-16. The book it comes with is pretty thick. Im sure if you could read through that book, i dont doubt you could fly a real one.

That game is pretty realistic for a military sim.

 

love Falcon 4.0... another favorite was EF2000..

 

As far as Microsoft flight sim.... Auto-Pilot... good night!

 

They came out with another one. Its Falcon 4.0 Gold.

Walmart has it for like 30 bucks. Difference, you can fly an A-10... I believe.

 

Secret Weapons of the Luftwaffe > *

 

wow theres a name i havent read in many many years... twas a good one, yes.

 

FS is the only game ive EVER been truely addicted to. The amount of add ons are endless. Flying over places youve really been to is neat.

simviation.com
surclaro.com
hovercontrol.net
megascenery.com

to name a few.

You have to be into aviation......a lot in to aviation.

 

It was great.....


....until I lost my decoder wheel.

 

who remembers Chuck Yeager's combat sim... that was pretty fun to play.

 

omg i did play that back in the day..!!



when is the new flight simulator for sale? soon? or is it already out?

 

umm I think you would have been about 2 yrs old when it came out, if you've listed your actual age...

 

are we talking about the same chuck yeager's air combat?

this one?
http://www.mobygames.com/game/dos/ch...reviewerId,16/

cause that one came out in 1991, thats the one i remember playing, dont know wth you're talking about :killer:

 

I miss Aces over the Pacific and Aces over Europe. Luftwaffe was good too!

 

oops you're right.. it was 1991 LOL!!! so I guess you were.. . 6.